Re: [PATCH 1/1] staging/comedi: remove unnecessary check around pci_dev_put

[Maninder Singh]

Hi,

>This patch is correct but the motivation is wrong.
>
>The check in pci_dev_put() is like a sanity check.  There are many
>functions which have a sanity check and many which do not, it is
>impossible for a human to remember the complete list of each.  When we
>remove explicit checks for NULL and instead rely on the sanity checks
>it sometimes makes the code more subtle and difficult to read.
>
>In this case, "pcidev" can never be NULL so the check is misleading and
>makes the code more complicated.  Removing it is a good thing.  Also
>the attach function does not have a NULL check so when we remove this
>check we make the code more consistent.
>
>But in other cases, if "pcidev" could be NULL then we should keep the
>check so that the code is easier to read.

Yes agree, I also sent this patch because there is only one call for pci_dev_put
in adl_pci9118.c, and i thoguht its good to remove check around that one.

Thanks for your feedback.
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